New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-13

Colonel. f-sat t.t 1t Err N
j The tobacco area Of Virginia Is much smaller thar
1t used to be. but the quality Of the tobacco ras
Is improving every year.
IN MEDIC rUTIssrMUs.
Let other men wrangie and strive .e
And struggle, and scheme and contrive.
For NE It's dlscreeter, and meeter, and sweetcr Il
SIT on the fence by myself;
know that the scorn Of the world
At my MEANINGLESS mean WILL, VIII DC a. hurled r,ast
struggle for power or peif
There are fellows whose greatest delight
Is to hunt for the midst o. ooar hsh n5 no,.r
~ knock out the tipiid and slim;
So If I. of peace.loving , mina
Small ofls II they hiss me, or kiss mo- or miss
for keeping up out of the swim.
fever 60 to the war ar.
And then 20 While They're lighting and biting and sms
ing and shedding bad language and gore,
I'll turn from the strife abhor,
Both sides Of the field I'll explore.
Where tho wounded creeping, and sleeping, and
sweet balm in their hurts win pour.
And will be mighty liable to get my head kicked
OF by both sides for IT, too so reckon ! might ig as
well take twohanded club ana Wade IN p Win tns
Eagle.
A bill before the Massachusetts, Legislature doca
away with the distinction that now exists between
the church and tho society In congregational
churches "The double system Of church and sod
"has been found in late years cumbrous and ncon-
yenient one, and is relic Of a time when society
and religious conditions were vastly different than at
present The abolition of the double system Is In
tho direction Of progress"
A Firm Clutch-"Slr. Featherly," said Bobby "sls-
ter xsa se Ses pa a the
aI hope, Bobby" replied Feathery, anxously.
"Yes he said that you keep everything you get
hold of."-tHarers Bazar
AT recent gypsy wedding at Macomb, III, it lie
stated In local paper that "when the Bridegroom
was asked II he took the woman to be bis welded
wife he answered, Just you say' After the cere
mony the man went out Of one door and the woman
out Of another and they did not appear to be in the
least interested In each other"
A New Grievance-Nebrlska Farmer-These rail-
roads getting entirely too numerous ana impV
Railroad Observation-Disclosures, what 90 you pfo
pose 10 do about tf"
Nebraska Farmer-why, you see. they run 50
blamed slow thlt Pvc brought suit for damages
gainst 'em for shadin' tho crops.-tOmaha World
"samp Small, the evangelist, says that he has
travelled q, 900 miles In the conversion business.
Bad Feature-First Politician-Theres ,omo
thing about this School Board election don't Like
Second Politican-What Is that's
First Politican-why, mean I'm relation TO women
voting You see, t6oughtlessy bet hat with ny
%me on h hef tse hat she ced out cost 5 III be
more careful with my next hat bet.-Omaha Worn'
An Austrian nobIeman having lost his fortune has
opened a green grocer's shop In Vienna frooaDiy
he viii dopt as his coat Of arms cabbage rampant
and carrot couchant, with the MOTTO "No Trust
Hubby Goes shopping-Lady ito husband In the
back ground,-Isn't II exquisite, Georgef N9tce row
deIicateIy and tremendously the tones OF the cOIOfs
arc blended. That pale turquoise blue catches SO
beautifully the shell pink plush OF the IIoSar nst
flower What do you think Of t George! Is IL 1os
a verItaile poem 7 And only $l6 yard $3.50
Husband-Yes, dear, 1t Il poem; but l tinK
something in simple prose Will wear as long ana "oh'
cost so much money